Newcastle
- The Animals
- Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud
- Dire Straits
- Drill (UK Band)
- Dubstar
- Geordie (band)
- Jack the Lad
- Lee Jackson (bassist) of The Nice, Jackson Heights, and Refugee
- Brian Johnson of AC/DC & Geordie
- Lighthouse Family
- Lindisfarne
- Maxïmo Park
- Danny McCormack from 3 Colours Red
- Jimmy Nail
- Spike
- Sting
- Andy Taylor of Duran Duran (from nearby Cullercoats)
- Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys (born at nearby North Shields, schooled in Newcastle).
- Venom
- Bruce Welch and Hank Marvin of The Shadows.
- the Wildhearts
- Kathryn Williams (originally from Liverpool, she is based in Newcastle after attending university there).
- Zoviet France
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